Biography
Ryan Schebek - Founder, RCC
Ryan is a Registered Clinical Counsellor with the British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors (BCACC) and a Certified Adlerian Counsellor. Ryan completed his Master of Counselling Psychology at Adler University. Before opening a private practice, he worked in various mental health support settings. This included addiction treatment centres and community mental health clinics.
In addition to his private practice, Ryan also teaches counselling. Designing and delivering courses for aspiring counsellors is rewarding and enriching for his practice. He has taught at Adler University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, and Vancouver College of Counsellor Training. Some of his favourite subjects to teach include ethics, counselling skills, and theory.
Ryan also advocates for other modalities for healing outside of counselling. His interests include yoga, mindfulness and psychedelics as an adjunct to traditional psychotherapy. He is also trained in Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP). Stemming from his work with Ketamine, Ryan offers psychedelic integration sessions to help others explore their own experience with altered states of consciousness.
When Ryan is not doing therapy, you might catch him watching a movie at the Vancouver Cinematheque, playing board games with friends, doing yoga, reading or playing video games.
Grant Regier - Student Intern
Grant is a counsellor in training, currently completing his Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology at Adler University. In his practice, Grant helps individuals heal and explore parts of themselves that are disconnected, stressed, and internally conflicted through the Internal Family Systems (IFS) approach. Additionally, he employs facets of other modalities, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), in understanding and working with parts. In his practice, he undergoes continuous training, integrates client feedback, and continues to develop his own personal growth to refine his approach. As part of his training, he is particularly interested in psychological research, trauma, counselling theories, and skills.
Outside of the counselling environment, Grant is interested in other ways of healing. These include mindfulness, breathing exercises, and philosophy as a guide for being present and living authentically.
When Grant is not in class or doing therapy, he enjoys video games, meditation, cold immersion, martial arts, and going for ruck marches (i.e., taking walks with a weighted backpack) as they greatly improve my capacity for self-awareness.
My top 5 video games are: Sons of the Forest, Kingdom Come Deliverance, Split Fiction, It Takes Two, and any of the Fallout games. Martial arts that I have enjoyed are: Taekwondo, Aikido, Judo, Combatives and Boxing
Nasim Hosseiny - Student Intern
Born and raised in Iran, she moved to Canada three years ago in search of a place that truly felt like home. Her academic path began in dentistry—a field where she never felt she belonged, yet remained for years without a clear vision of where her heart resided. Living in an oppressive context, with limited access to the wider world, she struggled to nurture her passions within the academic system of her country. Still, she completed a bachelor’s degree in psychology before immigrating.
With two years of perseverance after her move to Canada, she found her way into the field of counselling—a path that now feels like home.
One certain thing about her: she is a multitude. Beyond therapy, she reads philosophy, watches experimental films, paints, and writes poetry. Among these passions, writing and speaking stand out most vividly. She published a collection of poems in Iran and is now working on its translation.
Sandy Valenzuela - Seeing Clients Jan 2026
Sandy is a counsellor in training who brings an open, curious, and transparent presence, grounded in deep respect for the many ways people experience and make sense of life. She is drawn to honest conversation and the realness that can emerge when people feel safe enough to share what’s true for them.
Her practice is grounded in relational and psychodynamic perspectives, shaped by the belief that our feelings, whether tender, sharp, or numb, often carry something that longs to be seen. She works alongside adults navigating parenthood, identity, and belonging, including new parents, queer and neurodivergent folks, and parents of neurodivergent children.
Outside of counselling, Sandy co-founded Care Beyond Capital, a collective reimagining mental health care through community and anti-capitalist values. She finds meaning in painting, walking through the city while listening to audiobooks, and discovering new music.